Amaya Toman The space agency NASA had to suspend work on its lunar module until November, which is being developed in cooperation with Elon Musk's company SpaceX. The reason is the lawsuit that Jeff Bezos recently filed against NASA. The lawsuit also targets a man named Chad Leon Sayers, who lured millions of dollars from investors under the promise of a revolutionary smartphone, but the promised smartphone never saw the light of day.
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Adam Kos A lawsuit by Jeff Bezos has halted NASA's work on the lunar module
NASA had to suspend its current work on the lunar module due to a lawsuit filed against it by Jeff Bezos and his company Blue Origin. NASA worked on the mentioned module in partnership with Elon Musk's company SpaceX. In his lawsuit, Jeff Bezos decided to contest the conclusion of the NASA contract with Musk's company SpaceX, the value of the contract is 2,9 billion dollars.
This is how space technology from the workshop of SpaceX looks like:
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In his lawsuit, Bezos accuses NASA of not being impartial - in April of this year, Musk's company SpaceX was chosen for the construction of its lunar module, despite the fact that, according to Bezos, there were many more comparable options, and NASA should have awarded the contract to several entities. The aforementioned lawsuit was filed at the end of last week, the trial is scheduled for October 14 this year. In connection with the filed lawsuit, the NASA agency officially announced that work on the lunar module will be suspended until the beginning of this November. Jeff Bezos decided to file a lawsuit despite the fact that the NASA agency has the support of a number of institutions, including the US government audit office GAO, in the matter of the tender process.
Clubhouse protects Afghan users
The audio chat platform Clubhouse has joined a number of other platforms and social networks, and in order to protect the privacy and security of Afghan users, they are making changes to their accounts to make them harder to find. This includes, for example, the deletion of personal data and photos. A spokesperson for Clubhouse assured the public late last week that the changes would have no effect on those who are already following those users. If the given user does not agree with the changes, Clubhouse can cancel them again at his request. Users from Afghanistan can also change their civil names to nicknames on Clubhouse. Other networks are also taking measures to protect Afghan users. For example, Facebook, among other things, hid the ability to display a list of friends from these users, while the professional network LinkedIn hid connections from individual users.
A message form @Clubhouse to #Afghanistan's users. pic.twitter.com/CpS4iz0L1J
- Zaki Daryabi (@ZDaryabi) August 19
The maker of a never-released smartphone faces fraud charges
Chad Leon Sayers from Utah came up with the concept of a revolutionary smartphone a few years ago. He managed to attract about three hundred investors, from whom he gradually received funds in the amount of ten million dollars, and to whom he promised a billion profit based on their investment. But for a number of years, nothing happened in the field of development and release of a new smartphone, and eventually it turned out that Sayers did not invest the money received in the development of a new phone. In addition to using the proceeds to cover some of his personal expenses, Sayers also used the money to cover the costs associated with his legal expenses related to other matters. He then spent roughly $145 on shopping, entertainment and personal care. Sayers used social media and email newsletters to reach investors, promoting his fictitious product called the VPhone since 2009. In 2015, he even made it to CES to promote a new product called the Saygus V2. None of these products ever saw the light of day, and Sayer is now facing fraud charges. The first court appearance is scheduled for August 30.
